How to brew white tea so it tastes good? Remember these three points first

To drink tea with its original, authentic flavor

Knowing how to brew is essential

But after comparing your tea with what others brew

You always feel yours falls a bit short

In fact, the reasons may be these!

01

If you want a good-quality white tea to brew into a rich, mellow-tasting infusion, then the brewing method becomes the key.

As the saying goes: "Success comes from Xiao He, failure comes from Xiao He" - isn't that just how it is?

Yet no matter how particular you are, there will still be tea lovers who, when brewing white tea, end up disappointed, feeling their brew is worlds apart from others'.

Then they come running to ask Xiaobai where the problem lies.

This can only mean that when brewing tea, tea lovers have overlooked some points that deserve attention, or used the wrong method!

Today, let's talk about the points that need special attention when brewing white tea, so that your brew can become the cup others look up to!

02

Brew white tea with 100°C boiling water

Some tea lovers always have doubts when brewing white tea, feeling the leaves are too tender, so they dare not brew directly with boiling water, worried the white tea will be scalded.

In fact, good-quality white tea, rich in substances with thick leaves, can fully withstand the test of boiling water!

Only average-quality white tea might not withstand steeping in boiling water.

Therefore, if good white tea is brewed with room-temperature water, the substances in the leaves cannot be fully released, and the tea will taste flat with weak aroma.

This is undoubtedly a waste!

Some tea lovers also say white tea can be cold-brewed. Actually, Xiaobai already talked about this during the summer holiday~

Cold-brewing white tea not only means the tea aroma, without the stimulation of hot water, seems less elevated, but the liquid also feels weak and listless in the mouth.

So when brewing white tea, only boiling water can bring out the best expression of the tea's flavor!

03

When brewing white tea, do not steep it for a long time; pour it out quickly

For some tea lovers used to drinking pu-erh tea or rock tea, when they first drink Baihao Yinzhen (Silver Needle), the tea seems too light in flavor.

So when brewing, they steep the Silver Needle for a long time. In fact, this harms the tea.

All along, long steeping has been a major taboo for white tea.

Because after long steeping, caffeine, tea polyphenols and other substances in the leaves are excessively released, so the tea not only tastes strong but may also be bitter and astringent.

Moreover, drinking strong tea excessively also has many drawbacks for the body.

It affects sleep quality, causes gastrointestinal discomfort, and so on.

So all along, when brewing white tea, the emphasis is on pouring it out quickly, so that in each infusion you can sense the charm and changes of the white tea.

Also, when tea lovers are first getting into white tea, it is best to start with Shoumei and Bai Mudan. Once you have adapted to the taste of white tea, it is not too late to move on to Baihao Yinzhen!

04

New white tea is best brewed, not boiled

As autumn arrives, more and more tea lovers choose to boil aged tea.

However, a few days ago a tea lover asked whether new tea can be boiled and drunk.

Compared with aged white tea, the biggest difference of new tea is that the leaves have not yet undergone a long period of storage, so the substances in the leaves appear more active.

Aged white tea, after three years of storage, has already settled its substances, so when boiling tea, after the leaves are put into the pot, they simply stay together with the boiling water the whole time.

In this way, the tea's flavor will not fluctuate too much.

But for new tea, when boiling, the substances in the leaves are released in an instant, so the tea's flavor inevitably becomes bitter and astringent.

If tea lovers really want to try boiling new tea, they might as well try it with Shoumei.

However, before that, the tea is best brewed first, so as not to waste it!

05

To brew a good cup of white tea, sometimes it depends on the key points that tea lovers easily overlook.

Some inconspicuous details can often decide the overall outcome!

Therefore, if tea lovers feel their brew is completely different from others', they might think about whether something went wrong somewhere.

Letting a good white tea show its graceful figure in your own hands is always better than looking up at others!

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